Dirty old coal is the first target of clean energy project
Google's influence over so much of our lives took an exponential leap forward yesterday when it announced it will be getting into the renewable-energy business through a programme that aims to cut dependence on fossil fuels.
The specific target of the project is coal, hence the name - the ' Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal' initiative, AKA RE C. With its current vast reserves of cash, Google plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a bid to drive down the cost of alternative energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal power so that they might displace the greenhouse-gas-creating coal.
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